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State Government Finances: 2003
(Dollar amounts in thousands. Per capita amounts in dollars)
Item MAINE
Amount Per Capita
   
Population (thousands, 2003) 1,309  X 
   
Total Revenue                     6,801,191                       5,195.72
   
   General revenue                     6,093,384                       4,654.99
      Intergovernmental revenue                     2,062,560                       1,575.68
      Taxes                     2,697,275                       2,060.56
         General sales                        857,495                          655.08
         Selective sales                        423,947                          323.87
         License taxes                        150,171                          114.72
         Individual income tax                     1,074,826                          821.10
         Corporate income tax                          91,188                           69.66
         Other taxes                          99,648                           76.13
   
      Current charges                        490,682                          374.85
      Miscellaneous general revenue                        842,867                          643.90
   Utility revenue                                  -                                  -
   Liquor store revenue                          86,222                           65.87
   Insurance trust revenue                        621,585                          474.85
   
Total expenditure                     6,706,116                       5,123.08
   Intergovernmental expenditure                     1,051,164                          803.03
   Direct expenditure                     5,654,952                       4,320.06
      Current operation                     4,264,824                       3,258.08
      Capital outlay                        384,445                          293.69
      Insurance benefits and repayments                        574,444                          438.84
      Assistance and subsidies                        197,322                          150.74
      Interest on debt                        233,917                          178.70
Exhibit: Salaries and wages                        796,528                          608.50
   
Total expenditure                     6,706,116                       5,123.08
   General expenditure                     6,072,093                       4,638.73
      Intergovernmental expenditure                     1,051,164                          803.03
      Direct expenditure                     5,020,929                       3,835.70
   
   General expenditures, by function  
      Education                     1,574,270                       1,202.65
      Public welfare                     1,990,470                       1,520.60
      Hospitals                          50,970                           38.94
      Health                        400,804                          306.19
      Highways                        492,304                          376.09
   
      Police protection                          68,212                           52.11
      Correction                        107,345                           82.01
      Natural resources                        156,234                          119.35
      Parks and recreation                          10,566                             8.07
      Government administration                        243,158                          185.76
   
      Interest on general debt                        233,917                          178.70
      Other and unallocable                        743,843                          568.25
   
   Utility expenditure                                  -                                  -
   Liquor store expenditure                          59,579                           45.51
   Insurance trust expenditure                        574,444                          438.84
   
Debt at end of fiscal year                     4,417,481                       3,374.70
   
Cash and security holdings                   11,979,579                       9,151.70
Abbreviations and symbols:  -  zero or rounds to zero;  (NA)   not available;  X   not applicable
2003 Population source: Table NST-EST2004-01 - Annual State Population Estimates:  July 1, 2004,  Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau,
   released December 22, 2004.
Created: April 04 2005
Last Revised: May 14 2010